bilig-21/ Spring 2002

ISLAM IN KAZAKH CULTURE

 

Shamshat ADILBAYEVA
Ahmet Yesevi University Research Assistant


ABSTRACT

In this article, the effect of Islam on oral and written Kazakh culture was highlighted. Especially, the descriptions of Islamic components found in the works of great Kazakh poets and intellectuals lived between XV-XX centuries were investigated and analysed. Apart from this, the destiny of Islam, its later development, was studied after the always migrations Kazakh nation has joint the Greet Russian Empire. Moreover, the facilities, the works of Kazakh intellectuals wanted to wake up the sleeping hearth of Kazakh people to religion, despite of Russia's efforts to put out the infinitive light of Islam.

 


Key Words :  Kazakh culture, oral culture, written culture, Islamic components, poet

 

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